Why does everyone say Ougi did what he did for a woman? I mean, back in S1, he was leaning to support SAR because of his relationship with Chigusa. But when the SAR idea went awry, he was with Zero. When he got shot, Zero brushed him aside ("I'll think of a replacement later!"). Then Zero abandoned the Black Knights and got them captured and almost executed. Even when Zero redeemed himself by saving them in R2 later, Zero still offered no explanation. Ougi and Toudou time and again keep convincing the lower people to follow Zero. Even though they themselves probably doesn't trust Zero 100% either.
The thing is... suspicion towards Zero has prevailed for long. Lelouch shows the behaviour of not caring about the OoBK again in Turn 18, so who knows, maybe he'd leave them to death again like in episode 24? Knowing that the Euphemia incident, massacre of thousands of Japanese, was orchestrated by Zero was probably the clincher, Viletta or no Viletta. The OoBK has lost comrades too, and knowing they're just pawns in Zero's personal charade is probably what drove them off the edge. Lelouch himself, having lost Nunnally, his everything, wasn't in the mood to save himself either, rather he lied and say it's all a game.
I think they should be more suspicious of Schneizel, but this is Schneizel here, the man who conquered half of Europe armed with a silver tongue. He presents truths, lies and half-truths in good timing to sway people to his will.
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The thing is... suspicion towards Zero has prevailed for long. Lelouch shows the behaviour of not caring about the OoBK again in Turn 18, so who knows, maybe he'd leave them to death again like in episode 24? Knowing that the Euphemia incident, massacre of thousands of Japanese, was orchestrated by Zero was probably the clincher, Viletta or no Viletta. The OoBK has lost comrades too, and knowing they're just pawns in Zero's personal charade is probably what drove them off the edge. Lelouch himself, having lost Nunnally, his everything, wasn't in the mood to save himself either, rather he lied and say it's all a game.
I think they should be more suspicious of Schneizel, but this is Schneizel here, the man who conquered half of Europe armed with a silver tongue. He presents truths, lies and half-truths in good timing to sway people to his will.